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Noun deviate has 1 sense

• deviate(n = noun.person) degenerate, deviant, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior; Array
has particulars: fetishist, masochist, nympho, nymphomaniac, child molester, paederast, pederast, paedophile, pedophile, sadist, sadomasochist, lech, lecher, letch, satyr, bugger, sod, sodomist, sodomite
is a kind of miscreant, reprobate
Derived form verb deviate₂

Verb deviate has 3 senses

• deviate(v = verb.motion) divert - turn aside; turn away from; Array
is one way to turn
Derived form noun deviation₅
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• deviate(v = verb.stative) depart, diverge, vary - be at variance with; be out of line with; Array
is one way to differ
Antonym: conform
Derived forms noun deviant₁, adjective deviant₁, noun deviate₁, adjective deviate₁, noun deviation₄, noun deviation₃, noun deviation₂, noun deviation₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

• deviate(v = verb.motion) Array - cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"
is one way to divert
Derived form noun deviation₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Adjective deviate has 1 sense

• deviate(s = adj.all) aberrant, deviant - markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"
Derived forms noun deviance₂, noun deviance₁, verb deviate₂

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THESAURUS

deviate

alter, ameliorate, angle, angle off, be changed, be converted into, be distinct, be distinguished, be in error, be mistaken, be renewed, be wrong, bear off, bend, bias, bottom out, branch off, break, bypass, change, change the bearing, checker, chop, chop and change, clash with, come about, come around, come round, conflict with, contrast with, crook, curve, deflect, degenerate, depart, depart from, deteriorate, detour, deviant, deviate from, differ, diffract, diffuse, digress, disaccord with, disagree with, disperse, distort, divagate, divaricate, divaricate from, diverge, diverge from, diversify, divert, dogleg, drift, err, excurse, fall into error, flop, get sidetracked, go amiss, go around, go astray, go awry, go round about, go wrong, hairpin, haul around, heel, improve, jar with, jibe, lapse, make a detour, maunder, meliorate, misbelieve, miscalculate, mitigate, modulate, mutate, not accord with, not square with, oblique, pervert, pull, ramble, refract, revive, scatter, serve Mammon, sex criminal, sex fiend, sexual deviant, sexual deviate, sexual pervert, sexual psychopath, sheer, shift, skew, slip, slip up, slue, stand apart, stand over against, stray, stumble, sway, swerve, tack, take a turn, trend, trip, turn, turn aside, turn away, turn into, turn the corner, twist, undergo a change, vary, veer, wander, warp, worsen, zigzag

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deviate

Variation

VB vary, deviate, diverge, alternate, swerve.

Change

VB change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into.

Curvature

VB be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.

Deviation

VB alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.

Divergence

VB diverge, divaricate, radiate, ramify, branch off, glance off, file off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, spread, scatter, disperse, deviate, part.

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